The Sopranos 1x13 - I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano 英文筆記

• pound 打擊、敲打、重擊
  例：Two needle pricks Junior brought around to pound my ass were Russians.
• cologne 古龍水
• Paco Rabanne 名服裝設計師
• foreplay 性交的前戲
• detail a car 非常仔細地洗車
  例：Russian boo-boos, you go for some basic foreplay, they'll detail your car. 俄羅斯妹，你做好基本前戲，她們會把你「照料」得很好。
  
• hygiene 衛生、保健
  例：How's the hygiene over there?
• Big tits, little feet. A hit in any man's league. (美女人人愛)
  
• dolly 手推車，例：piano dolly。
• Georgia O'Keeffe 20 年代的美國藝術家，有許多花的作品，畫作色調柔和。
• back gate 後門
• Dominica 多明尼加，加勒比海上的一個國家。
• whooping cough = pertussis 百日咳
• vaporizer 蒸餾器
  例：You've got whooping cough. Get yourself under the vaporizer!
• retest 再檢查
• Alzheimer's 阿茲海默症、老人痴呆症
  例：She's being retested for Alzheimer's.
• odyssey 漫長的旅行、飄泊
  例：It's been a long odyssey with your mother, hasn't it?
  
• race by 呼嘯而過
  例：These last 500 years just seem to race by.
• crop up 突然出現
  例：Isn't it interesting how this memory loss has cropped up right after you failed to be killed in the carjacking?
• hallucination 幻覺、幻想
  例：Right around the time of the shooting, you were having hallucinations of that Isabella figure. The protective, loving mother.
• subconscious 潛意識
  例：Your subconscious was shouting something at you.
• lay / put the cards on the table 講清楚說明白
  例：Why don't we put our cards on the table here?
• basket = package 男性生殖器 (因為穿緊一點的褲子時，看起來是一包)
  
• go after 追逐、追補
  例：My mother never went after my basket.
• phobia 恐懼症
  例：These people's internal phobias are the only things that exist to them. The real world, real people are peripheral.
• peripheral 周邊的、外部的
• Borderline personalities are very good at splitting behavior, creating bitterness and conflict between others in their circle.
• through 完結的、絕交的
  例：We're through, you and I. We're finished.
• pancetta = bacon 燻豬肉、培根
• iron out = settle = put right 處理
  例：There's a few bugs to be ironed out.
• The one in your salad, that was a freak occurrence. 你沙拉里用的那個，完全是巧遇。
• come through 逃出生天、脫險
  例：The insurance really came through! 保險理賠 (一波三折地) 終於下來了！
• individualist 個人主義者、利己主義者
  
• pistol 難以預測的人
  例：She's a real pistol, what a character!
• beside oneself 震驚、激動 (可能是正面或負面情緒)
  例：He's beside himself (with grief).
• have a lot on one's plate 事情很多、忙碌
  例：He's got a lot on his plate.
• bury the hatchet = make peace 講合，hatchet 是斧頭。
  例：When are you gonna bury the hatchet?
• hangout 常去的地方 (特別是為了尋求娛樂)
  例：We just don't want this place to become another mob hangout.
  
• get into one's head 理解、懂
  例：When are you get into your head that a certain amount of that kind of patronage creates buzz?
• patronage 光顧、贊助
• buzz 流言、八卦、話題
• in droves 大量地、很多地，drove 是一大群動物或人。
  例：That kind of buzz we should avoid in droves.
• gift certificate 禮卷；certificate 證書
• trump 勝過、戰勝
  例：They'd have to be doing something pretty special back there to trump you two ladies at the spice rack.
• spice rack 放調味料的架子
• zabaglione 義大利甜點，蛋奶凍。
• take up 採用
  例：I only wish Tony had taken me up on my offer to talk to him about the carjacking that day.
• That makes two of us. 當對方說的話有失望或其他負面情緒，回答 That makes two of us 就表示「我的情況跟你一樣」。
• take a load off = sit down = relax
• millennial 千禧年的
  例：I can set one of the dials to the millennial countdown.
• box set 一套唱片、電視劇或電影
  例：The Springsteen box set. I already got it.
• run out (of) one's string 時間用完了、無立足之地
  例：It's a safe assumption that you may have finally run out your string here in north Jersey.
• colloquy = conversation
  例：I understand you and Agent Grasso had an interesting colloquy about our shared heritage.
• heritage 遺產、繼承
• hail from = come from
  例：Our ancestors all hail from the same sunny peninsula.
• peninsula 半島
• culinary 廚房的、烹飪的
• matriarchal 母系的
  例：We do share some cultural ideas. Religious, culinary, matriarchal.
• Get the kumquats out of your mouth. 把你嘴裡的金桔拿出來，叫人講話清楚一點。我們常用「含著滷蛋」形容人說話不清楚，外國人用金桔 (kumquats)。
  
• cavatelli 一種義大利通心粉
• ragu 一種義大利肉醬
• PB and J 塗了花生醬 (peanut butter) 和果醬 (jelly) 的三明治
• incinerate 焚化、燃燒
  例：We should all be grateful that nobody was incinerated to death.
• phone in = call in 打電話進電視節目
• bomb scare = bomb threat 炸彈恐嚇
  例：I phoned in a bomb scare.
  
• over the top = (way) out of line 太超過了
  例：Now that's over the top.
• Boyz II Men 黑人 R&B 團體
• high up 地位高的
  例：Mikey's now too high up.
• coast guard 海上巡邏隊、水上警察
• even-keeled 穩定的、靜止的
  例：You got to play the concerned daughter-in-law. You got to stay even-keeled.
• dollars to donuts 十分確定一定會發生
  例：Dollars to donuts this Alzheimer's thing is an act, so she can't be called on her shit.
  之前的類似片語：You can bet your boots that...
  
• razz 戲弄、開玩笑、嘲笑
  例：I never should've razzed him about eating pussy.
• avert 避免、防止
  例：This whole war could've been averted.
• cunnilingus (幫女人) 口交
• psychiatry 精神病學
• marina (有休閒功能的) 碼頭
  例：I was taking my boat, putting it in the marina next door.
  
• Please state the nature of your emergency. 打 911 時對方會說的一句話，叫你說明你的緊急狀況。
• spark 發出火花、點燃
  例：Like feelings of worthlessness sparked by your mother's plot to have you killed?
• pose 造成、引起
  例：I'm gonna work on this problem with the people that pose a threat to you and I'll take care of it.
• party 參與、涉入
  例：When you blew up the restaurant, you made me party to a criminal conspiracy!
• clean bill of health 檢查報告上顯示正常
  例：Two arson investigators gave that fire a clean bill of health.
• put one's nose out of joint 激怒；out of joint 是脫臼的意思，nose out of joint 則是形容生氣時臉部扭曲的樣子。
  例：It's good we can get together for our regular Sunday dinner. Or somebody's nose could get out of joint.
• googoots 義大利俚語，沒用的人。
• If you believe she's going to study, I got a bridge to sell you. 如果她是去念書，太陽就要打西邊出來了。
  
• trichinosis 旋毛蟲病
  例：That whole family died of trichinosis because of the uncooked pork.
• stained glass 教堂常看到的彩色玻璃
• urge 衝動、催促
• jeopardize 危害
  例：This will jeopardize your restaurant. Everything.
• All due respect, you're getting off the subject. 離題
  
• discretion 慎重、謹慎
  例：I'm sure you did it with complete discretion.
• contra (介係詞) 反對、相反
• commandant = commander 司令官
  例：The contra commandant was trying to scare us priests.
• basil 羅勒，一種可做為食物香料的植物。
• solicitation 懇求、誘惑
  例：At my other job, the waiters usually do the cocktail solicitation.
• catch on 跟上、進入況狀
  例：She catches on fast. Very conscientious.
• conscientious 負責的、仔細的
• exterminator 撲滅蟲害 (或鼠害) 的人
• Portuguese 葡萄牙人、葡萄牙語
• stickler 堅持己見的人、有原則的人
• bar stool 吧台長腳椅
• Midol 一種治經痛的藥
• Mr. Magoo 老卡通人物，有著短視近利、頑固的形象。
• bear one's name 上面 (刻) 有某人的名字
  例：Junior Soprano, alleged boss of the New Jersey crime family that bears his name, was indicted today on federal racketeering charges.
• racketeer 從事黑道活動 (勒索、走私、詐騙等)
• perp = perpetrator 罪犯
• perp walk 被警察用手銬銬住帶著走
  例：Look at the old guy, they're making him do the perp walk. A legitimate businessman!
• blow dry 用吹風機 (blow-dryer) 吹乾
  例：Go blow dry your hair.
• enforcer 幫老闆做骯髒事的手下
• act on 根據…行事
  例：Authorities believe Palmice may have fled the New Jersey area, acting on prior knowledge.
• whereabout 身在何地的資訊
  例：Palmice wife denied any knowledge of her husband's whereabouts.
  
• running shoes 慢跑鞋
• calling card 電話卡、名片
• reams of sth. 很多、大量
  例：That prick Altieri gave them reams of shit.
• Rust never sleeps. 鐵鏽從不睡覺，意思是如果你怠慢了，可能會被別人趁虛而入。
• odd bird = strange bird 怪人
• sea of negativity 充滿悲觀或負面消息的環境
  
• take sth. with a grain of salt 對什麼抱持懷疑的態度
  例：This woman's always been an odd bird, a sea of negativity. Even as a kid, we all learned to take her ravings with a grain of salt.
  
• tenure 任期、佔用
  例：Your tenure as boss was a short one.
• emissary 使者、特使、代表
  例：He controlled your capos with the backing of two of the New York families communicating through their emissary, John Sacrimoni.
• corroborate = confirm 確認
  例：We want to corroborate information we obtained through informants and wiretap.
• informant 線人
• wiretap 竊聽
• eat shit 委曲受辱、受苦
  例：How long you gonna keep eating shit?
• hold up 生活、存活
  例：- I just came to check on you guys. See how you're holding up with these indictments. - We're hanging in.
  
• hang in 堅持
• Video One 美國的租片店
  
• stressor 壓力來源
  例：Maybe you want to take your mind off these stressors.
• defrost 解凍
• foreseeable 可預見的
• schnorrer 乞丐
• parasite 寄生蟲、寄生物、食客
  例：You do think I'm a schnorrer, dont you? A parasite.
• whiff 輕輕地吹、輕拂
  例：I think you like the whiff of sexuality that never goes anyplace.
• pastoral 牧人的、牧師的、田園生活的
  例：It's my job deal with them so I can carry on my pastoral duties.
• intervention 介入、干涉
• M.O. = modus operandi = method of operation 行事的風格、方法
  例：Call it an intervention. I think you have this M.O. where you manipulate spiritually thirsty women. And I think a lot of it is tied up with food somehow, as well as the sexual tension game.
• be tied up with sth. 與什麼有關
• EMT = emergency medical technician 照顧並護送緊急傷患的專業人員
• off-road vehicle 四輪驅動車
• petrochemical 石化的
  例：Off-road vehicles waste petrochemical resources.
• steroid 類固醇
• lovesick 相思病的、為情所苦的
• pygmy 矮小的人
• irregardless = regardless